Auxiliary horseshoe.



P. W. ZELLER.

AUXILIARY HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED 1:20.16, 1910.

INVENTOR Paul W. Zel [er Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

WITNESSES PAUL W. ZELLEIR OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

5 AUXILIARY noiasnsrron.

Specification t Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. ill, that.

Application filed December 16, 1910. Serial No. 597,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that 1, PAUL W. ZnLLnR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Auxiliary Horseshoe, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved auxiliary horseshoe adapted to be attached to a horses hoof.

In the ordinary horseshoe, when it becomes worn, it is necessary to take the horse to the blacksmith and waste a considerable amount of time in order to replace the wornshoes with new ones.

An object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a detachable auxiliary shoe which can be attached and detached in a remarkably short space of time, and which still may be securely fastened to the horses hoof, so that it cannot be accidentally disen aged, and so that thehorsc cannot kick it 0% A further object of this invention is to provide a horseshoe with a resilient body portion havin sharpened metallic projections ernbedde in' the body portion, adapted to engage the round, to prevent SllPPlIW.

These and Further objects, together with the construction and combination of parts,

will be more fully describedhereinaiter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speci- .35 fication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in wh1c'lr- Figure 1 is a side view in elevation; Fig. 2 is a -front view in elevation; Fig. 3 is a 40 horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4:; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a detail pers ective view of the plate having the antis ip tabs thereon.

eferring more particularly to the separate parts of the invention as embodied in thegforin shown in the drawings, 1 indicates a horses'hoof, which in this invention may be? provided with the ordinary, common horseshoe 2, having well known forms of (talks 3.

I The invention is rovided with a resilient body portion 4 0 any suitable material,

uch as rubber, preferably of such shape and size as to fit between the calks 3 and to conform generally to the outline of the hoof. The body 4 is provided with diagonal slots or passages 5, through which extend flexible straps 6 of any suitable material, such as rawhide. These straps are provided at one end with means for, forming an obstruction of greater size than the thickness of the strap, which may be of any suitable character, such as that indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, by folding the strap a number of ti; es and 6 securing the whole together in a bunch enlargement 7 by means of rivets ti. body portion 4; may be provided with a projecting lug 9, adapted to fit in between-the rear calks 3, so as to prevent sidewise mo- 7 tion of the auxiliary shoe,

Cast in the body portion 1, there vided a reinforcing metallic siruct any suitable character, such as a which may be provided with re r adapted to reinforce the l 10 is provided with a plni-U members 12. u .ich project a s. 7 beyond the lower siu'iace oi? the l .Q tion l. so as to engage the ground and vent the li from slipping. T er slip members may be of a character, and are shown. in the triangular tabs 13 cut and bent or body of the plate 10, and extend. st-antially at righbangles thiv be seen that the plate 10 is pre. cular, and that the tabs 13 are in the 3mm. of radially-arranged triangles. Each of the straps is provided adjacent the opposite end to that at which the enlargements 'l are formed, with a plurality of openings 14, through which may extend prongs if) on a double buckle 16. A loop collar 1? may be provided for securing over the ends of. one

of the straps when secured to one of the buckles.

In the operation of the device, a pair of holes 18 are burned or cut in the horses hoof 1, of suiiicicnt size to permit the body of the straps 6 to pass therethrough, and not large enough to permit the enlargements 7 to pass through. The straps are then inserted from the inside toward the outside, and pass diagonally through the body portion 4. The body portion l of the auxiliary shoe is then placed on the bottom of the main shoe 2 between the calks. The straps 6 are then extended. on opposite sides of the hoof, and buckled a considerable dis- 0 tance up on the front of the hoof, so as to securely fasten the auxiliary shoe to the hoof.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a simple and eificient auxiliary shoe, which cannot be kicked off or accidentally displaced, and which will be quite resilient,

saving the horses feet, and at the same time -claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a horseshoe, the combination with a resilient body portion having a plurality of slots extending therethrough, of straps extending through said slots, each of said straps having an enlargement on one end, adapted to prevent the passage of the strap through an opening substantially of the same cross-section as the. strap, and a double buckle adapted to secure the ends of said straps together. i

2. In a horseshoe, the combination with a resilient body portion having a plurality of diagonally-disposed slots therein, of straps extendingrthrough said slots, each of said straps being provided at oneend with an enlargement of greater cross, section than the body of the straps, means for securing the ends of said straps together, and

a reinforcing disk embedded in said body portion, said reinforcin disk having a plustruck from the body thereof and extending at right-angles thereto so as to project beyond the surface of said body portion form anti-slip members.

3; In an overshoe adapted to be used'on a horses hoof already having an ordinary shoe thereon, the combination with a resilient-"body portion, of straps ada ted to be secured between said hoof and said ordinary shoe, adjacent the toe of said hoof, said straps being secured to said body portion, and means for securing the opposite ends of said straps to ether.

at. In an over-shoe a apted to be used on a horses hoot already having an ordinary shoe thereon, the combination with a resilient body portion, having a plurality of slots therein extending therethrough, of straps adapted to extend through openings between v said hoof and said ordinary shoe, and having enlargements on one end of each strap, adapted to secure the ends 0% said strapto said hoof, said straps being also adapted to pass through said slots in said b dy portion, and means for securing the o posite ends of said straps together In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnes's'es- PAUL ZELLEtL Witnesses -ALBERT J FISHER,

CHAS. ZELLER. 

